Film Review – The Midnight Sky

“The Midnight Sky” represents George Clooney’s first big screen acting role in four years, and his first directorial offering in three, last seen with 2017’s “Suburbicon.” He’s come back with an ambitious project, tackling an adaptation of author Lily Brooks-Dalton’s “Good Morning, Midnight,” which offers a plot that splits time between the frigid extremes of Earth and the technology of space flight. The screenplay by Mark L. Smith has the unenviable task of connecting two different environments and cinematic speeds, creating as close to a disaster movie as Clooney is capable of making. “The Midnight Sky” takes the entire run time to fully expose what it’s ultimately up to, but the viewing experience provides intriguing elements of survival and personal reflection, making for a slightly uneven but interesting sit. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com